Chieko Naniwa Movies

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.

Kind hearted yakuza Hanjiro of Asama risks his life in saving his henchman Genjiro and his family.

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from...

This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre...

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt...

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for...

Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just...

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who...

A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the...

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.

An Ishiro Honda film.

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.